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have slipped today, but they are still up 5.5% since news broke friday that steve bomber would step don as ceo. that news has investors wondering what other stocks mitrally if the ceo unexpectedly left the company. joining us now to explore that is the professor of management at new york university's stern school of business. thanks for joining us, professor. >> happy to be here. >> is it as simple as saying that shareholders lose -- thoughts about a management team and they're happy when they're leaving, is that why a stock rises? >> certainly when investors are lacking in confidence in a ceo and that ceo leaves there's going to be a bump in the stock price, what some of the major reasons you would see a big bump like microsoft, there's a big amount of value in the organization, whether it be cash or cashflows from things like windows and the office suite. and the concern that the ceo is going to waste that money trying to chase down some new opportunity. when that cash and the treasury is protected, the investors are going to react positively to that kind of a change. >> do companies
have slipped today, but they are still up 5.5% since news broke friday that steve bomber would step don as ceo. that news has investors wondering what other stocks mitrally if the ceo unexpectedly left the company. joining us now to explore that is the professor of management at new york university's stern school of business. thanks for joining us, professor. >> happy to be here. >> is it as simple as saying that shareholders lose -- thoughts about a management team and they're...
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in 1956, when hard-drinking urneyman pitcher don larsen went from sinner to saint by hurling the only perfect game in world series history, when willie mays made that seemingly impossible catch and throw in the 1954 world series, and in 1955, when sexton's beloved brooklyn dodgers, after decades of coming oh-so-close, won their first and only world series with an extraordinary catch made by sandy amaros. those moments in baseball, like religion, says john sexton, give a glimpse of something beyond. >> the beauty and the experience in the intensified heightened sensitivity of the moment that comes with the amaros catch, that comes with the mays catch and pivot. the ecstasy of those moments can for some transport one to this transcendent plane. >> the excellence of brooklyn dodger great jackie robinson, now celebrated in a major motion picture42 sparked sexn's infatuation with baseball. now he's had robinson's number 42 sewn into his academic gown, and in his old office, there's one of robinson's original jerseys and a battered glove jackie robinson might have used, although true believ
in 1956, when hard-drinking urneyman pitcher don larsen went from sinner to saint by hurling the only perfect game in world series history, when willie mays made that seemingly impossible catch and throw in the 1954 world series, and in 1955, when sexton's beloved brooklyn dodgers, after decades of coming oh-so-close, won their first and only world series with an extraordinary catch made by sandy amaros. those moments in baseball, like religion, says john sexton, give a glimpse of something...
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>> clearly, this notion that it was going to be a turnkey operation, we'll hand over to them, that don rumsfeld, doug feif, his deputy, believed it. it just turned out to be utterly infeasible. then president busk brought in jerry bermy, and t pendulum swung from we're going to hand this over to them, get our, troops down to 20 or 30,0000 within a matter of months. i was in baghdad when toams. franks went to brief of brief his own commands, or that. i was outside the meeting room in this big marble palace. to we're bringing a viceroy,re we're going to occupy the country. >> rose: we conclude thisgo evening with the further s consideration of the tenthev anniversary of the iraqi war, the look at not only its lessons but implications of the future. fouad ajami of the hoover ?iewrkz dexter filkins of the "new yorker," and john burbs of the "new york times." >>ke the numbers killed, iraqis, americans, very high numbers of wounded, the gicantic cost that weighs on me, and i'm not an american, every time i come tot the united states and think what $1 trillion or $two trillion could have done
>> clearly, this notion that it was going to be a turnkey operation, we'll hand over to them, that don rumsfeld, doug feif, his deputy, believed it. it just turned out to be utterly infeasible. then president busk brought in jerry bermy, and t pendulum swung from we're going to hand this over to them, get our, troops down to 20 or 30,0000 within a matter of months. i was in baghdad when toams. franks went to brief of brief his own commands, or that. i was outside the meeting room in this...
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tourists donned rubber boots to have a look at the exceptional weather. it's a very serious situation out there. now, the system is going to sit over here. because this one is cut off from the jet stream. so it has to stay here for over the same area. snow showers will linger for the mountains, and thundershowers will linger for the south. out toward the west nasty weather is coming back across the british isles. rain could turn to snow in some places such as manchester. and here your high's only 3 degrees in london and 4 degrees paris. meanwhile, 0 degrees for stockholm and warsaw as well as kiev and below freezing. moscow, minus 1 degree. and to the south double digits for you across the mediterranean countries. that's it for now. and here's your extended forecast. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> and that wraps up this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks for joining us.
tourists donned rubber boots to have a look at the exceptional weather. it's a very serious situation out there. now, the system is going to sit over here. because this one is cut off from the jet stream. so it has to stay here for over the same area. snow showers will linger for the mountains, and thundershowers will linger for the south. out toward the west nasty weather is coming back across the british isles. rain could turn to snow in some places such as manchester. and here your high's...
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. >> solman: at george mason university, 71-year-old writing professor don gallehr is still teaching too. >> if the kids are happy and learning and i'm happy and learning, i'm here. >> solman: and how long does 69- year-old boston university particle physicist larry sulak plan to keep blowing up protons? >> i have no idea. shelly is a good model. >> solman: that would be his 80- year-old colleague, nobel- winning physicist sheldon glashow. and when do you intend to retire? >> that i don't know. >> solman: america's work force is graying, and academia along with it. professors ov 65 have more than doubled since 2000. some 40% of all workers say they'll work past 65. in academia, however, a full 75% plan to work past a normal retirement age. historian claire potter is at the new school in new york. >> most of us believe that we should be able to work on our own terms for as long as we want. >> solman: potter blames lifetime tenure, meant to protect professors from political firings, and the legal end to mandatory retirement in 1994. but potter insists she'll be different. >> i'm going
. >> solman: at george mason university, 71-year-old writing professor don gallehr is still teaching too. >> if the kids are happy and learning and i'm happy and learning, i'm here. >> solman: and how long does 69- year-old boston university particle physicist larry sulak plan to keep blowing up protons? >> i have no idea. shelly is a good model. >> solman: that would be his 80- year-old colleague, nobel- winning physicist sheldon glashow. and when do you intend to...
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start with don teminations, begin sanctions and get russia on our side to put pressure on the regime. that's most important thing we could do in countering the use of these weapons. >> brown: of. >> brown: all right, david kortright, kori schake, thank you very much. >> woodruff: still to come on the "newshour": congress steps in to get airlines back on time; u.s. clothing makers' efforts to keep foreign factory workers safe; shields and brooks analyze the week's newsnd lry tlin on country music legend, george jones. but first, the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: the surviving boston marathon bombing suspect dzhokhar tsarnaev is now at a federal prison medical center. the 19-year-old was transferred overnight to a facility in central massachusetts 40 miles west of boston. he had been treated at boston's beth israel deaconess medical center since his arrest one week ago. tsarnaev is facing federal terror charges in the april 15th attack that killed three people and wounded more than 260. in afghanistan, 45 people died early today when a bus collided with
start with don teminations, begin sanctions and get russia on our side to put pressure on the regime. that's most important thing we could do in countering the use of these weapons. >> brown: of. >> brown: all right, david kortright, kori schake, thank you very much. >> woodruff: still to come on the "newshour": congress steps in to get airlines back on time; u.s. clothing makers' efforts to keep foreign factory workers safe; shields and brooks analyze the week's...
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we don target economic entities. we don't target corporations and not stealing the economic research of dupont or intel. we do what they consider traditional spying. the chinese don't and that's a distinction we make. whether china sees it that way or not is an entirely different question. >> rose: how do they know we make that distinction. >> i think there are set of laws under which nsa operates and those laws make it relatively clear the kinds of targets that you have. but if you think about it, we also don't have the system. if we were to take for example some secrets of you know a new jet liner that airbus is making. we typically don't have a system that works that way. we don't pick winners and loser. >> in enact the government knows a lot of stuff they don't tell companies. if they could communicated better with companies about who is hacking them that would go a long time. >> rose: sometimes the companies don't know. >> yes, of course. that's part of the president's new cyber directive is to increase informat
we don target economic entities. we don't target corporations and not stealing the economic research of dupont or intel. we do what they consider traditional spying. the chinese don't and that's a distinction we make. whether china sees it that way or not is an entirely different question. >> rose: how do they know we make that distinction. >> i think there are set of laws under which nsa operates and those laws make it relatively clear the kinds of targets that you have. but if you...
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our flight attendan don li walking through the cabin and telling everyone they have to turn off their devices but they're required to by the f.a.a. we think it would be a much better product if we didn't have to, but safety comes first. >> rose: how hard is it to have wifly on every plane that flies? >> well, it's -- >> rose: is it a cost item? >> it's somewhat of a cost item, but we're finding the cost is worth incurring because customers-- that is a product the customers are beginning-- some customers. >> rose: i choose ples bed onifi. >> tnk you. you finished my sentence. you and i both. not a lot of our customers-- but it doesn't take many-- saying i'm not going to take this flight unless it has wifi on it. once that happens you'll see int in place. >> rose: why is it taking so long? >> you have to put the equipment on the airplane and get it to work. we're moving as fast as we can. >> rose: how many airplanes does us airways have? >> about 350. >> rose: how long for every plane to have wifi. >> we'll have every of it on every airplane that will remain in the feet-- we are retirin
our flight attendan don li walking through the cabin and telling everyone they have to turn off their devices but they're required to by the f.a.a. we think it would be a much better product if we didn't have to, but safety comes first. >> rose: how hard is it to have wifly on every plane that flies? >> well, it's -- >> rose: is it a cost item? >> it's somewhat of a cost item, but we're finding the cost is worth incurring because customers-- that is a product the...
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th israeli don hav any great options in there. when the crise began, many where willies seemed to favor the status quo, the rescream, and afterwards there seemed to be some term. at the moment they're probably worried not about the exodus of weapons but the instability the syrian crisis is causing for jordan, one of the two arab countries that has a peace treaty with israel and the rells are increasingly worried the throne on which king abdullah sits is getting increasingly shaky. what the israelis want is for this to end sooner rather than late andif that would mean the president sitting on his hands, they would favor that. if that meant sending in more arms, they would favor that. they want to go back, if you will, some version of what existed, which was no peace, no war, but at least stability on its northern border with syria. >> rose: let me make sure i understand what you're saying, both of you. if the president o wanted to end this conflict he would do so by sending in arms and he does not have to put boots on ground. >> i'
th israeli don hav any great options in there. when the crise began, many where willies seemed to favor the status quo, the rescream, and afterwards there seemed to be some term. at the moment they're probably worried not about the exodus of weapons but the instability the syrian crisis is causing for jordan, one of the two arab countries that has a peace treaty with israel and the rells are increasingly worried the throne on which king abdullah sits is getting increasingly shaky. what the...
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al is right, i think they're looking for a shut don and not really worried about having one, for some reason. but when you ask a president, any president, right or left to give away the one thing that put him in the history books, his major legislative accomplishment before he even had a chance to really implement it, and he wants to implement t he wants to fix the thing over the next three years to say oh, take it away for at least a year and we'll negotiate it again at the end of the year. for him to say yes to that would be extraordinary and i think would kill him in his own constituencies. the liberals and middle of the road guys would say this guy is finished if he gives it away. >> rose: and the republicans feel the same way on principles. so how does it play out and how much damage is it going to do to a, the country, and secondly, the economy. >> i can only see them if boehner and al is right, boehner has to somehow broker this. hend the president have to get together and find something to give the cr, the continuing ref lugs an approval. something that gets the, protects obam
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different conclusion that a lot of the particular rights that they have, both what they do and whathey don do, are just not fair, and certainly that was what was important in the emergence of this party because they were saying, "look, we've got to have the orthodox play their fair share, pay a fair share and play a fair share in what's going "o." >> we should probably give some background. it's a complicated picture. there are two extremes of orthodox in the pick. there are religious nationalists who live in the settlements and live throughout israel why where-- if you'll forgive me-- where it matters. and they go to the military in increasing numbers. that's represented by neftali bennett. the others were allowed to control matters of religion and birth and marriage, and it was thought by ben gurren that these people who were already small in number and fairly isolated would eventually play themselves out. the early secular zionists thought the ultra-orttext would kind of die out. they didn't. they have lots of babies and their families grow and grow, and, "therefore, their proportion is
different conclusion that a lot of the particular rights that they have, both what they do and whathey don do, are just not fair, and certainly that was what was important in the emergence of this party because they were saying, "look, we've got to have the orthodox play their fair share, pay a fair share and play a fair share in what's going "o." >> we should probably give some background. it's a complicated picture. there are two extremes of orthodox in the pick. there...
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don cohn was the previous vice chairman. he retired in 2010, but he's kept busy since then and would be a more -- he's focused on unemployment, focused on financial stability, he brings experience as well. the question is does the president want to go with the obvious choice, the number two sitting there who and has continuity with the bernanke poll sneeze. >> ifill: until larry summers pulled out of this she was not the obvious choice, was she? >> back in the spring fed watchers were certain janet yellen was going to get the job then we got the rumblings that the president was leaning toward larry summers. just a week ago larry summers pulled out of the running so it appears janet yellen is the front-runner. >> ifill: if everybody waits to see what affect this will have on the economy, doesn't whoever the next fed chairman is -- isn't that person encountering the same plate of woes? >> absolutely. you know, there's not much reason to think that things are going to radically change in the economy in the next three or four mo
don cohn was the previous vice chairman. he retired in 2010, but he's kept busy since then and would be a more -- he's focused on unemployment, focused on financial stability, he brings experience as well. the question is does the president want to go with the obvious choice, the number two sitting there who and has continuity with the bernanke poll sneeze. >> ifill: until larry summers pulled out of this she was not the obvious choice, was she? >> back in the spring fed watchers...
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finally, 71-year-old george mason writing professor don galier. >> it's the fuferred year i'm here. >> galier paid about $35,000 in taxes including his university social security contribution. he has no plans to retire. >> last semester i had five students come up to me and said it was the best class they had ever had. so apparently i'm still good for my students. >> overall, 80% of americans 65 or over are working and paying taxes, a figure that doesn't include state income taxes. moreover, every extra percentage point of the workforce not retiring would mean at least another few billion dollars in revenues toward closing america's annual budget gap. >> it's good for the economy. >> university of southern california economist julie zisamopouis thinks, older americans working longer is simply good. why? >> how are we going to keep soarkts, how are we going to keep receiving the benefits that they have received in the past? in order to find these, we need workers, we need people paying taxes. >> it's a problem economists have worried about for decades. as the population has aged, the n
finally, 71-year-old george mason writing professor don galier. >> it's the fuferred year i'm here. >> galier paid about $35,000 in taxes including his university social security contribution. he has no plans to retire. >> last semester i had five students come up to me and said it was the best class they had ever had. so apparently i'm still good for my students. >> overall, 80% of americans 65 or over are working and paying taxes, a figure that doesn't include state...
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. >> so far, interesting he is not quite donned the austere at this cloak but it is quite interesting how the more modest projection of the pope and how he almost is trying to attune himself to modern times and that is -- >> rose: is it the right tone? it made the church at least talk about the idea of what the church's mission was? >> i think he has had a reasonable -- >> rose: a lot of reticence in your voice is saying watch out there is too much hype about pope francis and better ask ourselves what his fundamental ground dings are? >> i thought you put that pretty well, charlie. >> and also reflecting a changing power in the world if you like. we had emerging markets pope in the same way that we have the increasily writing about the emerging market it is fascinating to look at this incredible retiling or tilting of the world, not just economically but politically and socially as well. >> rose: but you wrote about and i think you called it the davos man. >> yes, i was going to say the davos woman too. >> rose: the idea was that the faith in globalization had been shaken, wasn't it?
. >> so far, interesting he is not quite donned the austere at this cloak but it is quite interesting how the more modest projection of the pope and how he almost is trying to attune himself to modern times and that is -- >> rose: is it the right tone? it made the church at least talk about the idea of what the church's mission was? >> i think he has had a reasonable -- >> rose: a lot of reticence in your voice is saying watch out there is too much hype about pope...
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he's not a spy -- we don know if he's a spy at all, actually. but he's not someone running a private business and working as a spy. that kind of work outside of diplomatic protection can get you into a lot of trouble if you're caught, particularly diplomats that are caught, exposed and expelled. these kinds of things do happen with some frequency. >> it's 30 years since the end of the cold war yet every few years we have these spying exposés. what kind of information is the u.s. looking for now? >> well, both countriesare clearly still looking for classified military intelligence pertaining to the other country. you know, there's still two big military powers and they want that kind of information. russians for many, many years, going back at least to the 1930s have also been involved in industrial espionage in the united states and as we were talking, american intelligence agencies now are around great deal of pressure to come up with more information about radical extremist groups, particularly muslim groups, some of which have rootsnd connec
he's not a spy -- we don know if he's a spy at all, actually. but he's not someone running a private business and working as a spy. that kind of work outside of diplomatic protection can get you into a lot of trouble if you're caught, particularly diplomats that are caught, exposed and expelled. these kinds of things do happen with some frequency. >> it's 30 years since the end of the cold war yet every few years we have these spying exposés. what kind of information is the u.s. looking...
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we were at elaines restaurants and we sat down and i was sitting, me here, spring sfooen mellencamp, don henley and jock son brown. and i was saying to john, there is so ironic in every interview when they say who is the biggest artist you passed on. and i say john t was you because you were too close, ironically to bruce who is sitting between u he did say to me clive i want you to rest easy. let me fell you, eight weeks before i auditions for you, i was in a cover band. and then david bowie's manager came to see me, said leave that cover band. you got to start writing. and i left the cover band, i started writing. aide weeks later i am auditioning for you. who was the biggest influence on me at the time. it was bruce springstein. so rest easy now when you tell the story. because i was ry close too thguys that you and john hammonds signed from the beginning of his career. >> there are a thousand stories like this in 24 book called the soundtrack of my life, clive davis, written with anthony decurtis, a very good journalist in his own right, thank you for coming. >> very kind, thank you.
we were at elaines restaurants and we sat down and i was sitting, me here, spring sfooen mellencamp, don henley and jock son brown. and i was saying to john, there is so ironic in every interview when they say who is the biggest artist you passed on. and i say john t was you because you were too close, ironically to bruce who is sitting between u he did say to me clive i want you to rest easy. let me fell you, eight weeks before i auditions for you, i was in a cover band. and then david bowie's...
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i don believe, nor do any of my colleagues believe, that any organization-- political organization should be targeted solely because of their thought. that's on both sides of the spectrum. >> let me tee off of something, mr. miller, you said. you said, "foolish mistakes were made." i think the president actually said it better. he said that the handling of those tax-exempt applications in that process at the i.r.s. was outrageous and intolerable. no excuse. >> reporter: and as the four hour hearing drew to a close, there came a pledge from the chairman. >> i promise the american people, this investigation has just begun. >> reporter: the senate finance committee formally begins its investigation with a hearing next tuesday. >> brown: still to come on the "newshour": outrage over sexual assaults in the military; shields and brooks on the week's news and macneil and lehrer on covering watergate. but first, the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: wall street finished this friday with its fourth strait week of gains, aer new sig of pe aut the economy. one was a rep
i don believe, nor do any of my colleagues believe, that any organization-- political organization should be targeted solely because of their thought. that's on both sides of the spectrum. >> let me tee off of something, mr. miller, you said. you said, "foolish mistakes were made." i think the president actually said it better. he said that the handling of those tax-exempt applications in that process at the i.r.s. was outrageous and intolerable. no excuse. >> reporter:...
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those who ventured outside had to don face masks to protect themselves. the chinese government responded by ordering more than 100 factories to suspend production. it also told workers to cut car travel by a third. in u.s. economic news, home prices moved higher in november, at the strongest pace in six years. the standard and poors case- schilr index said new york was the only major city to report a decline. and on wall street, the dow jones industrial average gained 72 points to close at 13,954. the nasdaq fell a fraction of a point to close at 3153. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to gwen. >> ifill: we take a two-part look at president obama's choice to be the next secretary of defense. confirmation hearings for former nebraska senator chuck hagel are set for thursday. among other things, he is likely to face questions about the pentagon's looming budget crisis. automatic spending cuts set to take effect march 1 mean the defense department will have to find $52 billion in savings this year and half a trillion dollars over the next
those who ventured outside had to don face masks to protect themselves. the chinese government responded by ordering more than 100 factories to suspend production. it also told workers to cut car travel by a third. in u.s. economic news, home prices moved higher in november, at the strongest pace in six years. the standard and poors case- schilr index said new york was the only major city to report a decline. and on wall street, the dow jones industrial average gained 72 points to close at...
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in the way that i think means something to you >> ifill: don graham of the ceo of the soon to be renamed "washington post" company. thank you so much. >> thank you so much, gwen. good being with you. >> warner: the court martial of the army psychiatrist who opened fire on scores of fellow soldiers in 2009 got under way today at fort hood in texas. major nidal hasan is charged with many counts of murder and attempted murder for the attack that killed 13 people. and wounded more than 30. in an opening statement, the prosecutor said hasan had tried to "kill as many soldiers as he could." in his opening statement, hasan, who is representing himself, said, "the evidence will clearly show that i am the shooter." "los angeles times" reporter molly hennessey-fiske is covering the trial and joins us from fort hood. molly, welcome. let's start with that, the most dramatic moment of today which is colonel hasan admitting he was the shooter. what was that moment like? what else did he have to say? >> well, there were a lot of open questions going into these opening statements. it wasn't clear since
in the way that i think means something to you >> ifill: don graham of the ceo of the soon to be renamed "washington post" company. thank you so much. >> thank you so much, gwen. good being with you. >> warner: the court martial of the army psychiatrist who opened fire on scores of fellow soldiers in 2009 got under way today at fort hood in texas. major nidal hasan is charged with many counts of murder and attempted murder for the attack that killed 13 people. and...
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this is something that don rumsfeld tried and failed to do. it's something that bob gates tried and failed to do in any serious way. and now, given the budget pressures, this is going to be the moment for performance. >> rose: a couple of points, i guess. rumsfeld would argue that we had a big war came along and bob gates would argue that in the end he did cut it somewhat. >> somewhat. but if you look at the total national security budget, charlie, which would be not just the pentagon but also the intelligence agencies, homeland security, it's basically doubled since the 9/11 attacks. >> rose: and weapons systems you don't really need in the judgment of many people other than those pele who represent the districts where they're located. >> leftovers from the cold war and, remember, the president himself came in supported by chuck hagel on this point with the thought that there was a moment here to really build down on the nuclear force. and so far they have not been able to do that except some modest cuts when they passed the start treaty with
this is something that don rumsfeld tried and failed to do. it's something that bob gates tried and failed to do in any serious way. and now, given the budget pressures, this is going to be the moment for performance. >> rose: a couple of points, i guess. rumsfeld would argue that we had a big war came along and bob gates would argue that in the end he did cut it somewhat. >> somewhat. but if you look at the total national security budget, charlie, which would be not just the...
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don len, with mr. kerry, with mr. hagel and mr. brennan, that's a cohesive team. so now we've had two teams, a white house team and the secretary of state's team. this is now a single team. i think it going toe foced much more on those needed challenges. >> brown: well, the team but also the particular challenges it's facing because we can talk about the domestic economy but trouble spots are there, we report on them every night. >> i think the challenge will be -- i think it is a cohesive team. i think the question is whether more in the second term than the first whether the president and the white house is willing to empower these very capable cabinet officials and let them go out and try to solve some of these problems we have and give them political backi back he at home. secondly, i think there is a real prioritization issue. i would agree with zbig. it's really the middle east, asia and the economic instrument. i think he needs to focus on that. and third i think the challenge is also relationships between issues that tend to be stove piped. i'll give you a
don len, with mr. kerry, with mr. hagel and mr. brennan, that's a cohesive team. so now we've had two teams, a white house team and the secretary of state's team. this is now a single team. i think it going toe foced much more on those needed challenges. >> brown: well, the team but also the particular challenges it's facing because we can talk about the domestic economy but trouble spots are there, we report on them every night. >> i think the challenge will be -- i think it is a...
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we're going to be able to get there and get it don we've already begun that process and we're going to keep on going until it's finished. >> woodruff: not long afterward came word that daniel werfel-- a white house budget official-- is being named acting commissioner of the i.r.s. the president had announced the forced resignation of his predecessor steven miller on wednesday evening. in their names, when they sought tax-exempt status. that followed revelations that the agency had zeroed ion groups with tea party or patriot in their names, when they sought tax-exempt status. in congress today, republicans welcomed miller's departure, but they said the investigations must continue. kentucky senator rand paul: >> someone needs to be held responsible. someone needs to be imprisoned. someone needs to be prosecuted. the resignation is a step in the right direction, but we need to find out who wrote this policy, who approved this policy, and they need to be held accountable. >> woodruff: back in the rose garden, the president alswas pressed about the justice department's subpoena of phone re
we're going to be able to get there and get it don we've already begun that process and we're going to keep on going until it's finished. >> woodruff: not long afterward came word that daniel werfel-- a white house budget official-- is being named acting commissioner of the i.r.s. the president had announced the forced resignation of his predecessor steven miller on wednesday evening. in their names, when they sought tax-exempt status. that followed revelations that the agency had zeroed...
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but some skeptics don' believe it. >> brown: plus, mark shields and david brooks analyze the week's news. that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> bnsf railway. >> support also comes from carnegie corporation of new york, a foundation created to do what andrew carnegie called "real and permanent good." celebrating 100 years of philanthropy at carnee.org. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and friends of the newshour. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> sreenivasan: a federal appeals court rejected several recess appointments made by president oba last year, saying the moves were unconstitutional. the president appointed three people to the national labor relations board last january. the president argued he was justified in doing so because the senate was away for a 20-day break. but republicans and business groups said the senate was still technically in session, if
but some skeptics don' believe it. >> brown: plus, mark shields and david brooks analyze the week's news. that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> bnsf railway. >> support also comes from carnegie corporation of new york, a foundation created to do what andrew carnegie called "real and permanent good." celebrating 100 years of philanthropy at carnee.org. >> and with the ongoing support of these...
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. >> wel th don need everybody. keep in mind, you-- what you need in the senate usually is 51 votes. we've gotten into this environment here where we assume that everything needs 60 votes. it doesn't have to be that way. you heard from senator harkin there, he and a bunch of other senate lib rarblingts shelton white house, al franken, jay rockefeller, other, huddled in harry reid's office earlier today. i was standing outside that room when they came out. they were tight-lipped. they were grim. they went into a side meeting all their own to try and decide what to do. they weren't talking when they came ou what you are looking for there is will they block this thing. will they slow it down. they haven't indicated that they will do that. they can vote against it as long as reid and mcconel can muster 51 vote force this thing. it appears if there are no procedural delay tactics which we can't afford that right now, they will be able to do that. that is the senate side. on the house side the question remains, this is a
. >> wel th don need everybody. keep in mind, you-- what you need in the senate usually is 51 votes. we've gotten into this environment here where we assume that everything needs 60 votes. it doesn't have to be that way. you heard from senator harkin there, he and a bunch of other senate lib rarblingts shelton white house, al franken, jay rockefeller, other, huddled in harry reid's office earlier today. i was standing outside that room when they came out. they were tight-lipped. they were...